The Art Blog

If you have ever wanted to see your ideas transformed into a new media this may be your opportunity to turn your visions into Wearable Art. Michael Cepress is the accomplished clothing and costume designer offering a unique workshop that focuses on the study of the human form as the ultimate armature for your artistic visions. Once you have realized your design he then shows you how to construct your concepts and bring them to life on the body. workshop student working on a wearable art concept There is still space available for his May 28 - 29 Seattle workshop. To learn more check out Michael's Blog. wearable art designs

The sumptuous fiber-based sculptures of Cameron Mason are the feature of Soft Earth , a solo exhibition of Mason’s work opening at Foster/White on   April 7 th - This show combines two of her distinctive forms: Blades and Cotyledons . "The Cotyledons series examines the energy of growth as it bursts forth from the stasis of the contained seed. Shaken from a packet and pushed into damp soil by a child’s finger or planted by the million by an industrial agribusiness, the seed is an essential building block of culture. A fragile miracle of nature, the seed sprouts and feeds the hungry" says Mason.   Fiber artist, Cameron Mason ,works on a piece from her Blade series She goes on to say..."The Blades series explores shape as a metaphor for human interaction with the natural world. Obsidian, fractured into faceted shards from solid stone, creates a sharp, cutting edge. Hoes till and reap. We can focus on a single blade of grass in the expanse of a field for just a mom...